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As an Aussie I wouldn’t normally post this, but since JM Heinrichs has single-handedly restored my faith in Canadians – no easy feat considering the whacked ecotard lefties who teach over here – well, the following deserves a run.

The 60th anniversary of one of this country’s greatest military victories is coming this Easter weekend. Sadly, it will be little noticed by most Canadians.

On a hill near Kapyong in South Korea, on April 24, 1951, about 700 outgunned and surrounded Canadians stood off a major night attack by about 5,000 Chinese infantry. It remains one of the most perfectly fought defensive battles in history. Kapyong is unknown to most Canadians; indeed, the very conflict itself is famously called the Forgotten War.

UNITED NATIONS — Bolivia will this month table a draft United Nations treaty giving “Mother Earth” the same rights as humans — having just passed a domestic law that does the same for bugs, trees and all other natural things in the South American country.

The bid aims to have the UN recognize the Earth as a living entity that humans have sought to “dominate and exploit” — to the point that the “well-being and existence of many beings” is now threatened.

The wording may yet evolve, but the general structure is meant to mirror Bolivia’s Law of the Rights of Mother Earth, which Bolivian President Evo Morales enacted in January.

That document speaks of the country’s natural resources as “blessings,” and grants the Earth a series of specific rights that include rights to life, water and clean air; the right to repair livelihoods affected by human activities; and the right to be free from pollution.

It also establishes a Ministry of Mother Earth, and provides the planet with an ombudsman whose job is to hear nature’s complaints as voiced by activist and other groups, including the state.

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According to a CNN-commissioned Opinion Research Poll, Donald Trump is now level with Mike Huckabee as the preferred GOP candidate for the 2012 US presidential election. Notably, every other GOP candidate has either remained steady, gone up only 1%, or had their numbers go down.